The lifting of eviction moratorium is a serious problem, what happens next?

My prayer is that rent decreases, and library visits increase.

Sierra Ayonnie
3 min readJul 3, 2022
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Rent in Richmond, VA is up 21% and my prayer is with the lifting of the eviction moratorium rent begins to lower in order to help people who are trying to afford housing. Nationally, rent is up 17% which means that the percent of change in Richmond, VA is higher than the rest of the country which is a real cause for concern. Rent being this high in Richmond, VA is a struggle, especially for adults who are trying to gain more access to education and raise children. I feel for them.

It’s no secret, Richmond, VA is already struggling with adults maintaining their payments on time without ending up in bad circumstances that will lead to incarceration. The crime rate in Richmond is already an issue for both violent and property crime — these people in Richmond don’t care about the law and I can hear the fireworks going off illegally as I’m writing this article.

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Moreover, with the eviction moratorium lifting and everyone facing eviction cases I’m seriously praying rent lowers. My prayer is that everyone…

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Sierra Ayonnie

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